As Hollywood's elite check in to Los Angeles' most glamorous hotels for the Oscars this weekend, Anna Stothard pick 10 brilliant places to stay beyond the celebrity haunts, from family-run guesthouses to boutique motels and quirky B&Bs

Greg Simmons, author of Rock & Roll Hotels, a new guidebook that lifts the lid on what rock stars get up to after the after-party, on the most rock'n'roll hotel of them all, Chateau Marmont in Hollywood

For a blast of winter sunshine – not to mention old-school Hollywood glamour and fab modernist architecture – few places beat the desert resort that claims to be America's sunniest city, says Mike Hodgkinson